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Nationally renowned speakers

Politicians, journalists, and government officials frequently participate in Miller Center panel discussions

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Probing questions

UVA students are enthusiastic participants in Miller Center events throughout the year

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Robust debate, without fear or favor

Miller Center speakers address the nation's most pressing problems—sometimes eliciting protests

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Fist on top of nuclear button with Russian flag superimposed

November 02, 2023 01:00 PM

Nuclear deterrence and the new geopolitics

  • Charles Richard

  • Philip B. K. Potter (moderator)

  • William Antholis (introduction)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
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ONLINE

image of barbed wire in front of Israel and Palestine flags

November 02, 2023 09:00 AM

Colliding crises: The Israel–Hamas conflict, the war in Ukraine, and geopolitics

  • Spencer D. Bakich

  • Eric Edelman

  • James Gilmore III

  • Harry Harding

  • Aynne Kokas

  • Syaru Shirley Lin

  • Stephen D. Mull

  • John M. Owen IV

  • Philip B. K. Potter

  • Mara Rudman

  • Yuri Urbanovich

  • William Antholis (moderator)

Location: ONLINE ONLY

Sarah Huckabee Sanders giving press briefing in 2017

October 20, 2023 05:00 PM

Covering the White House

  • Laura Barrón-López

  • Elaina Plott Calabro

  • Mike Emanuel

  • Judy Woodruff (moderator)

  • William Antholis (introduction)

Location: The Paramount Theater
215 East Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902

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October 19, 2023 09:00 AM

Toward a more responsible and effective presidency

Location: ONLINE EVENT

Refuge camp in Syria's Idlib region

October 11, 2023 06:15 PM

How to stay optimistic in an age of crisis

  • David Miliband

  • David Leblang (moderator)

  • Harriet Kuhr (introduction)

Location: The Haven
112 West Market Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Uyghur protestors in Hong Kong, 2019

October 06, 2023 10:00 AM

Repression and political violence in China

  • Sheena Chestnut Greitens

  • Naima Green-Riley

  • Paul Heer

  • Chen Wang

  • Philip B. K. Potter (moderator)

Location: ONLINE ONLY

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Project on Democracy and Capitalism

October 04, 2023 01:00 PM

Will artificial intelligence change democratic capitalism?

  • Philip Bourne

  • Michael Lenox

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Road
Charlottesville, VA
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ONLINE

Exterior of Supreme Court

September 15, 2023 11:00 AM

The evolution of affirmative action—and its uncertain future

  • Christa Davis Acampora

  • Kevin K. Gaines

  • Eugene Hickok

  • Kimberly Jenkins Robinson

  • Barbara Perry (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
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ONLINE

Truck with a sign for Trump-Desantis in 2024 presidential election

September 07, 2023 11:00 AM

Election 2024 and the future of the GOP

  • Mary Kate Cary

  • Barbara Comstock

  • Ron Christie (moderator)

  • William Antholis (introduction)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
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ONLINE

Michael Luttig testifying to Jan. 6 committee

Henry J. Abraham Distinguished Lecture

May 16, 2023 11:00 AM

Judge J. Michael Luttig: Democracy in peril

  • J. Michael Luttig

  • Barbara Perry

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
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ONLINE

David Brooks in 2022

James C. Lehrer Lecture

May 04, 2023 01:00 PM

David Brooks: The moral ecology of American democracy

  • David Brooks

  • William Antholis (moderator)

  • Stephen M. Burns (introduction)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

image of COVID and masked face

April 28, 2023 11:00 AM

'Lessons from the Covid War': The report from the Covid Crisis Group

  • Danielle Allen

  • Carter Mecher

  • Philip Zelikow

  • Guian McKee (moderator)

Location: ONLINE

China and US flags superimposed over cracked earth

William and Carol Stevenson Conference

April 21, 2023 09:00 AM

U.S.–China tech competition: Has democracy met its match?

  • Anna Ashton

  • Josh Chin

  • Martin Chorzempa

  • Kara Frederick

  • Angel Hsu

  • Shanthi Kalathil

  • Joanna Lewis

  • Sebastian Mallaby

  • Scott Moore

  • William Antholis (introduction)

  • Aynne Kokas (moderator)

  • Michael Lenox (moderator)

  • Syaru Shirley Lin (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

Nyaunghswe, Myanmar - 17 Feb 2021: Myanmar people took to the streets to protest against the military coup

Democracy Dialogues

April 14, 2023 01:00 PM

The worldwide struggle for democracy

  • Ian B. Baucom

  • Evan Mawarire

  • Srdja Popovic

  • Myo Yan Naung Thein

  • Jhanisse Vaca-Daza

  • Stephen D. Mull (moderator)

Location: UVA's Rotunda
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ONLINE

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Project on Democracy and Capitalism

April 06, 2023 01:00 PM

'The world crisis and international law'

  • Paul Mahoney

  • Margaret Foster Riley

  • Paul B. Stephan

Location: ONLINE

Image of rubber stamp showing Federal Reserve System

Project on Democracy and Capitalism

March 31, 2023 11:00 AM

Banking system in crisis: The Fed and popular governance

  • Robert Bruner

  • Jon Moen

  • Mary Tone Rodgers

  • Scott C. Miller (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
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ONLINE

Camp Taji, Iraq, US and Iraqi soldiers in joint training

March 28, 2023 11:00 AM

The U.S. invasion of Iraq: 20 years later

  • Eric Edelman

  • Melvyn Leffler

  • Philip Zelikow

  • Ashley Deeks (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

Ronald reagan's funeral procession in DC

March 24, 2023 11:00 AM

'Mourning the Presidents'

  • Lindsay M. Chervinsky

  • Matthew R. Costello

  • Andrew M. Davenport

  • Marc Selverstone (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

Washington, DC - January 6, 2021: Rioters clash with police trying to enter Capitol building through the front doors

March 20, 2023 03:00 PM

The legacy of January 6

  • Timothy J. Heaphy

  • William Antholis (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
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ONLINE

Truck with a sign for Trump-Desantis in 2024 presidential election

March 17, 2023 11:00 AM

POSTPONED Election 2024 and the future of the GOP

  • Mary Kate Cary

  • Mollie Hemingway (via Zoom)

  • Ron Christie (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

Billboard that says "It's the American way"

Project on Democracy and Capitalism

March 07, 2023 04:30 PM

Can democracy and capitalism coexist?

  • William Antholis

  • Jamelle Bouie

  • Sidney Milkis

  • Scott C. Miller

  • Judy Woodruff (moderator)

Location: Online webinar

emergency room entrance with blurry human figures

March 02, 2023 11:00 AM

'Hospital City, Health Care Nation'

  • Guian McKee

  • Margaret Foster Riley (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

photograph of Kiev after Russian bombing, February 2022

February 23, 2023 04:00 PM

'Ukraine: The Human Price of War'

  • Sarah Charles (via Zoom)

  • Tetiana Deshko (via Zoom)

  • Seth Jones

  • Justin Kenny

  • J. Stephen Morrison

  • William Antholis (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

Protestors take part during a demonstration in front of the Iranian embassy in Brussels, Belgium on Sept. 23, 2022, following the death of Mahsa Amini.

Democracy Dialogues

February 14, 2023 01:00 PM

Iranian women lead the fight for democracy

  • Mona Kasra

  • Farzaneh Milani

  • James E. Ryan

  • Maryam Zehtabi

  • Laurent Dubois (moderator)

Location: UVA's Rotunda
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ONLINE

statue in NYC

Project on Democracy and Capitalism

February 09, 2023 04:00 PM

Can free markets make free people?

  • Jeff Cherry

  • Ed Freeman

  • Glory Liu (via Zoom)

  • Scott Miller (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

George W. Bush on the phone on Airforce One

February 02, 2023 02:00 PM

'43: Inside the George W. Bush Presidency'

  • William Antholis

  • Robert Gates (via Zoom)

  • Russell Riley

  • Barbara Perry (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

CDC sign

January 27, 2023 11:00 AM

Building the CDC that America needs

  • Tom Inglesby

  • J. Stephen Morrison

  • Anne Zink

  • Margaret Foster Riley (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903
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ONLINE

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January 19, 2023 11:00 AM

Shining a light on the era of integration

  • Pamela G. Banks

  • Jill Lawrence

  • Kevin K. Gaines (moderator)

Location: ONLINE

"COVID 19" painted on ground with arrows and feet choosing a direction

January 10, 2023 09:00 PM

COVID-19: Views from the U.S. front line

  • Matt Pottinger

  • Yen Pottinger

  • Syaru Shirley Lin (moderator)

Location: Mandarin Oriental Taipei
No. 158 Dunhua North Road
Taipei, Taiwan
&
ONLINE

The President's News Conference 23 March 1961

December 07, 2022 11:00 AM

Kennedy and Vietnam: The great what-if

  • Fredrik Logevall

  • Marc Selverstone

  • Barbara Perry (moderator)

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton shake hands at Clinton's 1993 inauguration

November 10, 2022 01:00 PM

America's tradition: The peaceful transfer of power

  • Peter Baker

  • Chris Liddell

  • David Marchick

  • Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
&
ONLINE

image showing flags of U.S., Russia, China, EU, Ukraine superimposed over camouflage fabric

Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium on American Diplomacy

November 03, 2022 09:00 AM

The price of aggression: Russia's war in Ukraine

  • William Antholis

  • Heather Conley

  • Eric Edelman

  • Patricia M. Kim

  • Andrei Kirilenko

  • John W. McArthur

  • Scott Miller (moderator)

  • John M. Owen IV (moderator)

  • Philip B. K. Potter (moderator)

  • Elina Ribakova

  • Thomas Risse

  • Anne-Marie Slaughter

  • Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

  • William B. Taylor

  • Andrew S. Weiss

Location: The Miller Center
2201 Old Ivy Rd
Charlottesville, VA
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ONLINE